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APPENDIX IV
Questionnaires

WARTIME SOCIAL SURVEY

FOOD ENQUIRY NEW SERIES No. 16.

Name of Interviewer Date

Town Day of week

Where interviewed At Place of work

Not at Place of work

Sex:

Male 1
Female 2

Age:

Under 20 1
20-65 2
over 65 3

Occupation.........

Husband’s Occupation.........

Is this your home town? Yes 1. No 2.

Do you live at HOME 1

DIGS 2

HOSTEL 3

No. in Family:

Children under 5......

Schoolchildren.........

Young people 14-20...... Working Not Working

Adults.........

Total in family.........

1. Are you on Day Shift 1. or Night Shift 2.

2. What time did you start work yesterday?.........

3. What time did you finish work yesterday?.........

Total time worked .........

3. Did you have a break at mid-morning? Yes 1 No 2

How Long?.........

Did you have a break midday meal? How Long?.........

Did you have a break mid-afternoon? Yes 1 No 2

How Long?.........

Total time of breaks.........

4. What time did you get up yesterday?.........

What time did you go to bed yesterday?.........

Total time up.........

5. Do you consider the food you are getting at the moment enough to keep you fit?

If no, why not?.........

6. What did you have yesterday?

Before Breakfast : Breakfast
Nothing 0 Nothing 0
Tea 1 Tea 1
Milk Beverages 2 Milk Beverages 2
Other Beverages 3 Other Beverages 3
Biscuits 4 Cereal with milk 4
Bread and spread 5 Bacon, fish, sausage, meat 5
......... Egg 6
Cereal 6 Raw veg. or fruit 7
Others: 7 Stewed fruit 8
......... Bread and spread: 9
.........
Others:
.........

Mid-Morning

Nothing 0
Tea 1
Milk beverages 2
Other beverages 3
Bun, cake, biscuits 4
Chocolate 5
Bread and spread 6
...............
Others:
...............

Mid-Afternoon

Nothing 0
Tea 1
Milk beverages 2
Other beverages 3
Bun, cake, biscuit 4
Chocolate 5
Bread and spread 6
...............
Others:
...............

Evening Meal

Nothing 0
Tea 1
Milk beverages 2
Other beverages 3
Bun, cake, biscuit 4
Bread plain 5
Bread and spread 6
...............
Soup 7
Meat or fish 8
Egg 9
Potatoes 10
Potatoes crisps or chips 11
Cooked veg. green 12
Cooked veg. roots 13
Beans, peas, lentils 14
Raw veg. salad 15
Rice, barley 16
Raw fruit, tinned fruit 17
Stewed fruit 18
Custard, cornflour blancmange 19
Cooked sweet 20
Others
.........

Midday Meal

Nothing 0
Tea 1
Milk beverages 2
Other beverages 3
Bread plain 4
Bread and spread 5
...............
Soup 6
Meat or fish 7
Egg 8
Potatoes 9
Potatoes crisps or chips 10
Cook veg. greens 11
Cook veg. roots 12
Beans, peas, lentils 13
Raw veg. salad 14
Rice, barley 15
Raw fruit, tinned fruit 16
Stewed fruit 17
Custard, cornflour blancmange 18
Cooked sweet 19
Others:
...............

Late Evening

Nothing 0
Tea 1
Milk beverages 2
Other beverages 3
Cereal with milk 4
Bread and spread 5
...............
Cake, bun, biscuit 6
Fish 7
Chips 8
Salad 9
Others:
..................

Any explanatory remarks from informant on the above:

7. Did you have any of the following during the last 24 hours?

Milk 1. Sweets 2. Chocolates 3. Raw Fruit 4. Raw Carrots 5. Chips 6.

8. What do you think about your war time food?

9. What do you consider are the most important foods?

10. How do you like the new National Loaf?.........

11. Where did you take your meals?

Home, lodging or friend’s house Cafe British Restaurant Works Canteen: or meal provided by Canteen, but eaten in factory Meals brought from home, eaten at work
Breakfast 1 1 1 1 1
Mid-morning 2 2 2 2 2
Midday 3 3 3 3 3
Mid-afternoon 4 4 4 4 4
Evening meal 5 5 5 5 5
Late evening 6 6 6 6 6

12. Why do you bring packed meals rather than buy your meals?.........

13. If you eat at British Restaurant or at a Canteen, are you satisfied with the existing arrangements?

If no, why not?.........

14. If meals are not eaten at a canteen:

Have you a canteen at your work

If yes why don’t you take your meals there? Wife or mother.........

15. If you eat at home who prepares the meals?

Wife or mother 1
Other female 2
Self 3
Others 4
.........

16. How many days have you lost through illness during the last two months?

Comments:

Income of Informant:

£2.10.0. 1. £2.10.0. - £4. 2. £4. - £7. 3. £7. - £10. 4

Any explanatory remarks from Informant on the above:-

0 1 2 or more
Kind of food taken
Milk & Milk Beverages 1.........
Milk Pudding 2.........
Custard, Blancmange 3.........
Cake, Bun 4.........
Biscuit 5.........
Chocolate & sweets 6.........
Bread only 7.........
Bread & Marg. or butter 8.........
Bread, fat, savoury spread 9.........
Bread, fat, sweet spread 10.........
Bread, sweet spread 11.........
Bread, savoury spread 12.........
Fresh, canned, stewed fruit 13.........
Breakfast cereal 14.........
Potatoes 15.........
Potato crisps, chips 16.........
Root veg. cooked 17.........
Green veg. cooked 18.........
Green veg. raw 19.........
Root veg. raw 20.........
Beans, peas, lentils 21.........
Rice, barley 22.........
Meat, bacon, ham 23.........
Fish 24.........
Cheese 25.........
Eggs 26.........
Soup 27.........
Pudding 28.........

Meal Type

0 1 2 or more
Substantial meal 1.........
Fairly substantial meal 2.........
Light Meal 3.........
Very light meal 4.........
Snack 5.........
Drink only 6.........
Packed meal 7.........
Nothing 8.........

Wartime Social Survey

New Series No. 19

Food Inquiry

(Heavy Worker)

Interviewer ......... Date .........

Town:

Glasgow (Clydeside) 1
Edinburgh 2
Ayr 3
Haddington 4
Newcastle 5
Durham 6
Middlesbrough 7
Liverpool 8
Bolton 9
Manchester 10
Wigan 11
Leeds 12
Sheffield 13
Nottingham 14
Wolverhampton 15
Birmingham 16
Alcester 17
Norwich 18
Leicester 19
Peterborough 20
Marlborough 21
London 22
Reading 23
Honiton 24
Templecombe 25
Rhondda 26
Cardiff 27

Day of week:

Sunday 1
Monday 2
Tuesday 3
Wednesday 4
Thursday 5
Friday 6
Saturday 7

Where interviewed.........

At place of work:

Occupation:

Docker 1
Shipyard 2
Miner 3
Iron & Steel 4
Agriculture 5

Age:

14 - 20 1
21 – 65 2
Over 65 3

Do you live at

Home: 1
Digs: 2
Hostel: 3
No. in Family: Working Not Working Total
Under 5 ......... .......... .........
6-14 ......... ......... .........
15-20 ......... ......... .........
Over 20 ......... ......... .........
Total ......... ......... .........

1. Are you on Day Shift 1. or Night Shift 2.

2. At what time did you start work yesterday?.........

At what time did you finish work yesterday? .........

Total Time:

Does not apply 0
Part time 1
Less than 7 hours 2
7 ½ hours 3
8 hours 4
8 1/2 hours 5
9 hours
6
9 1/2hours 7
10hours 8
More than 10 9

3. Did you have a break at mid-morning?

Yes 1.
No. 2.

(If on night-shift, write in time of breaks)

How Long? .........

Mid-day?

How Long? .........

Mid-afternoon

How Long? .........

Total Time of Breaks:

Does not apply 0
No break 1
1/4 hour or less 2
1/4 - 1/2 hour 3
1/2 – 1 hour 4
1-1 ¼ hour 5
1 1/4-1 ½ hour 6
1 1/2-1 ¾ hour 7
1 3/4-2 hour 8
More than 2 hour 9

4. What time did you get up yesterday?.........

What time did you go to bed yesterday?.........

Total time up.........

5. What do you think about wartime food?

6. Do you consider the food you are getting at the moment enough to keep you fit?

Modifications of Yes and reasons for No:

7. What do you consider the most important foods for your health?

8. What did you have yesterday?

Breakfast Mid-morning Midday Mid-afternoon Evening Late Evening No. of times eaten
1 2 or more
Nothing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tea 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Milk beverages 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Other beverages 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Cereal 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Bread only 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Bread & fat 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Bread, fat, savoury 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Bread, fat, sweet 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Bread, savoury 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Bread, sweet 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Bacon, sausage, meat 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Meat 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Fish 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Egg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Cheese 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Green Veg. 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Root Veg. 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Carrots 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Raw Veg. lettuce raw carrots 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Salad 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21
Potatoes 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
“ crisps or chips 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23
Rice, barley 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
Lentils, beans, peas 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
Soup 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
Milk pudding 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
Cooked pudding 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
Buns, cake, biscuits 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29
Custard, blancmange, cornflour 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Chocolate 31 31 31 31 31 31 31
Raw or stewed fruit 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Classification of Meals:-
Substantial Meal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fairly Substantial meal 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Light meal 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Very light meal 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Snack 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Drink only 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Packed meal 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Nothing 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Where eaten:-
Home, lodging or friend’s House 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cafe 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
British Restaurant 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Works Canteen or meal provided by Works Canteen but eaten in factory 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Packed meal brought from home 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Explanatory Remarks :.........

9. Did you have any of the following yesterday?

Milk 1. Sweets 2. Chocolates 3. Raw Fruit 4. Raw Carrots 5. Chips 6.

10 If packed meals: Why do you bring packed meals rather than buy your meals?.........

11. Has your works a canteen?

Do you eat in the canteen?

If you eat there and are not satisfied, or don’t eat there at all, why not?.........

12. Is there a British Restaurant nearby?

Do you eat there regularly?

If you eat there and are not satified, or don’t eat there at all, why not?.........

13. How many days have you lost through illness?

During the last 2 months During winter months
No days 0 0
1 day 1 1
2 days 2 2
3 days 3 3
4 days 4 4
5 days 5 5
6 days 6 6
7 days 7 7
1-2 weeks 8 8
2-3 weeks 9 9
More than 3 weeks 11 11

13A. What was wrong with you?.........

14. If you eat at home, who prepares the meals regularly?

Female friend or relative 1.
Self 2.

15. What is your wage, not including overtime?

£3.12.-..........1. £3.12 - £5.........2. £5 - £10.........3 £10 & over.........4.

Wartime Social Survey New Series No. 19

Food Inquiry

(Housewives )

Interviewer......... Date.........

Town:

Glasgow (Clydeside) 1
Edinburgh 2
Ayr 3
Haddington 4
Newcastle 5
Durham 6
Middlesbrough 7
Liverpool 8
Bolton 9
Manchester 10
Wigan 11
Leeds 12
Sheffield 13
Nottingham 14
Wolverhampton 15
Birmingham 16
Alcester 17
Norwich 18
Leicester 19
Peterborough 20
Marlborough 21
London 22
Reading 23
Honiton 24
Templecombe 25
Rhondda 26
Cardiff 27

Urban.........1 Rural.........2

Day of week:

Sunday 1
Monday 2
Tuesday 3
Wednesday 4
Thursday 5
Friday 6
Saturday 7

Husband’s Occupation:

No husband 0
Building 1
Engineering 2
Chemicals 3
Iron & Steel Mfg. 4
Metal Industries 5
Pottery & Glass 6
Mining 7
Agriculture
Transport 9
Wholesale & Retail Distr. 11
Textiles 12
Clothing 13
Professional 14
Govt. service & Local Govt. 15
Public services 16
Personal Services 17
Clerical (unspecified) 18
Labourer (unspecified) 19
Others
..................

Age:

Under 5 1
6-12 2
13-18 3
19-30 4
31-50 5
Over 50 6
No. in Family Working Not Working Total
Under 5 ......... ......... .........
6 - 14 ......... ......... .........
15 - 20 ......... ......... .........
Over 20 ......... ......... .........
Total ......... ......... .........

1. What time did you get up yesterday?.........

What time did you go to bed?.........

Total time up.........

2. Did you make any breaks or take a rest period?

How Long?.........

3. What do you think about wartime food?.........

4. Do you think the food you are getting at the moment enough to keep you fit?

Adults Yes 1. No 2.
Children Yes 1. No 2.

Modifications of Yes and Reasons for No.........

5. What do you consider the most important foods for your health?

Adults.........

Children......

6. What did you have yesterday?

Breakfast Midmorning Midday Midafternoon Evening Late Evening No. of times eaten
1 2 or more
A. Ch. A. Ch. A. Ch. A. Ch. A. Ch. A. Ch. A. Ch. A. Ch.
Nothing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tea 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Milk Beverages 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Other Beverages 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Cereal 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Bread only 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Bread & fat 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Bread, fat, savoury 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Bread, fat, sweet 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Bread, savoury 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Bread, sweet 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Bacon, sausage, meat 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Meat 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Fish 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Egg 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Cheese 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Green Vegetables 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Root Vegetables 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Carrots 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Raw Vegetables, lettuce, raw carrots 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Salad 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21
Potatoes 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
Potatoes crisps or chips 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23
Rice, barley 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
Lentils, beans, peas 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
Soup 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
Milk pudding 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
Cooked pudding 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
Buns, cake, biscuits 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29
Custard, blancmange, cornflour 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Chocolate 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31
Raw or stewed fruit 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Classification of Meals
Substantial Meal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fairly substantial meal 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Light meal 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Very light meal 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Snack 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Drink only 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Packed meal 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Nothing 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Where Eaten
Home 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cafe 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Brit. Restaurant 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
School meals 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Packed meal brought from home 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
7. For how many do you cook
8. For how many did you pack up meals?

Explanatory Remarks .........

9. Did you have any of the following yesterday?

Adult: Milk 1. Sweets 2. Chocolates 3. Raw Fruit 4. Raw Carrots 5. Chips 6.

Child: Milk 1. Sweets 2. Chocolates 3. Raw Fruit 4. Raw Carrots 5. Chips 6.

10. Is there a British Restaurant nearby?

Do you eat there regularly?

Yes 1.
No 2.

If you eat there and are not satisfied, or do not eat there at all, why not?

11. Are meals provided at your child’s school?

Does your child take meals there regularly?

If your child eats there and you are not satisfied, or the child does not eat there at all, why not?

12. Have you or your child not felt well during the last 2 months or winter months - what was the cause, and how many days did you spend in bed?

No. of days During last 2 months During the winter months
Adult Child Adult Child
No days 0 0 0 0
1 day 1 1 1 1
2 days 2 2 2 2
3 days 3 3 3 3
4 days 4 4 4 4
5 days 5 5 5 5
6 days 6 6 6 6
7 days 7 7 7 7
1 - 2 weeks 8 8 8 8
2 - 3 weeks 9 9 9 9
More than 3 “ 11 11 11 11

Cause:

Adult.........

Child.........

To mothers of children under 5

13. Do you take regularly the Cod Liver Oil provided by the Government?

Yes 1.
No 2.

(a) If not, why not?

(b) If yes, how regularly do you give it to your child?

How does your child like it?

14. Did you take the Fruit Juice provided by the Government during the last fortnight?

(a) If not, why not?

(b) If yes, do you divide it among all your children, or do you reserve it for the child under 5?

Divide 1.
Reserve 2.

15. How many lots of oranges could you buy during the last 2 months?

16. What does your husband earn, not including overtime?

£3. 12. 0.........1. £3. 12. 0 - £5.........2. £5 - £10.........3. Over £10.........4.

Wartime Social Survey

New Series No. 19

To Children in Schools

Interviewer......... Date.........

Town......... Day of Week.........

District of School.........

Boy......... 1
Girl......... 2

Age.........

1. Tell me, what did you have to eat for breakfast this morning?.........

2. When you went home from school yesterday afternoon, what did you have to eat?.........

2a. Did you have any more to eat and drink before you went to bed? Write down what it was..........

3. How many cups of milk did you drink during the whole of yesterday?

4. If you ate any of the following things yesterday, underline the ones you had:-

Raw Carrots......... 1
Oranges......... 2
Apples......... 3
Chocolate......... 4
Any other sweet......... 5
..................................

5. What did you have for dinner yesterday?

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